单词 | arris piece |
释义 | > as lemmasarris piece arris piece n. now somewhat rare (chiefly historical) a long or narrow piece of wood (or another building material) with a triangular cross-section used in various structural applications; spec. (Nautical and Shipbuilding) one used to fill a V-shaped gap formed by the meeting of two timbers in order to smooth the transition between them, such as between the rounded outer pieces of a made mast. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > mast made of several pieces > parts of spindle1597 arris piece1717 headpiece1794 side tree1794 tongue1815 1717 W. Sutherland Prices Labour in Ship-building 65 I pass on now to the Cant-wise Pieces, or, as Shipwrights term them, Arras Pieces. 1836 W. N. Glascock Naval Service I. 210 It is common to take off the cheeks, drive the body-hoops off, and take out the aris pieces. 1884 Patents for Inventions: Abridgm. Specif. Railways 1867–76 918 Longitudinally along the centre of the upper face of the longitudinal balk or plank forming the longitudinal sleeper,..is placed an ‘arris piece’ of hard timber of triangular section. 1932 Civil Engin. & Public Wks. Rev. May 55/3 To provide for expansion cracks, weak places were formed in the wall, 100 ft. apart, by planting 1 in. by 1 in. arris pieces on to the shuttering. 1967 Admiralty Man. Seamanship (new ed.) II. ix. 319 If the ship-side plating is not flush with the lip of the hawsepipe, an arris piece is fitted to prevent the anchor flukes from jamming under the protruding lip. 2014 W. L. Crothers Masting of Amer. Merchant Sail 1850s 173 Aris Pieces, long, thin strips of wood which are added to the width of fishes when the fishes do not completely fill the diameter of a mast. < as lemmas |
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